Mining Incidents

Bowling Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Elk Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Cline John L
Wellston, Jackson County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303955

MSHA record for Bowling Strip (mine ID 3303955). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Elk Coal Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bowling Strip sits in Jackson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jackson County, Ohio · Population 32,588
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$58,409
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

June 11, 1990 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

DURING ASSEMBLING OF DOZER BLADE PUSH ARM FELL ON LEFT LEG LEFT LEG WAS BROKEN

1984 · 1 incident

March 17, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Elk Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES REPAIRED TIRE PUT IN SAFETY CAGE & AIRED UP THEN TRANSFERRED TIRE TO VEHICLE WHILE LIFTING TIRE BY EMPLOYEES WITH BACK TO TIRE INSIDE RING BLEW OFF CAUSING BRUISES ON BACK OF EMPLOYE E HE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL BY EMERGENCY SQUAD